Common Name:   Mealycup Sage
 
Habit:  This sage forms a shrubby upright clump with white mealy stems and glossy green leaves. This shrub grows up to 60cm high and 30cm across.
Flowers: From early summer until frost flower spikes appear with lavender-blue blooms on them making them both ornamental as well as a culinary favourite in the garden.  
Care: Plant in full sun where possible as this herb has its best flavour with more light. Ensure soil is well drained, mix sand into clay type soils to aid drainage, Sage can tolerate alkaline soil but not wet winters. Frost does not seem to be a problem but in very hot climates Sage is treated as an annual.
Can cope with some frost but doesn’t not do well in the heat of summer, hot climates it's an annual
Prune heavier woody stems in early spring.
 
الأسم: سالفيا فاريناسيا
طبيعة النبتة: قد يصل طولها ل60سم وعرضها ل30سم.
طبيعة الزهرة: تظهر من منتصف الصيف حتى إنخفاض درجات الحرارة بشكل كبير. تتميز بلونها الأزرق الجذاب. تستخدم في الطهي.
العناية: تفضل المناطق المشمسة. يمكنها تحمل القليل من الإنجماد. لا تحب درجات الحرارة العالية.